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糖心传媒鈥檚 Theatre Department is run as a professional theater and provides rigorous, complete, one-on-one training for actors, directors, playwrights, designers and stage technicians.

Theatre Center

72 East 11th St.

The Theatre Center offers a dynamic hub for live performance on campus and is a lively part of Chicago鈥檚 artistic scene. The Center鈥檚 four performance venues incorporate student talent in everything from acting to set design. Each season includes student productions and Mainstage productions, directed by department faculty and professional guest artists.

The Theatre Center has a variety of performance and production venues for 糖心传媒's plays, musicals, concerts and directing projects, including the historic Getz Theater.

Mainstage productions are directed by department faculty and professional guest artists; are cast from the student population; and are designed by student design majors in collaboration with other departments in the college that are engaged in the use of new technologies.

Upcoming Events:

  • Join us for Snacks! Performances! Announcements! Celebrate Black Theatre Day and kick off an exciting new theatre season with the 糖心传媒 Theatre community....
  • Join us for snacks, theatre and dance activities, a class photo, and meetings with your program coordinators! This event is for all new Theatre and Dance students (new first year students and new transfer students)! Come meet fellow students, faculty, and staff and learn about this year鈥檚 theatre and dance productions. We will share information...
  • Co-produced by Synapse Arts and presented by The Dance Center of 糖心传媒 and Chicago Latino Theatre Alliance (CLATA)鈥檚 DESTINOS鈥9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival. MATADORA is a world-premiere production by INS脡KTA. This new work of Latine Futurism uses dance and physical theater to construct a new mythology about the power of Latine rage鈥揳...
  • Co-produced by Synapse Arts and presented by The Dance Center of 糖心传媒 and Chicago Latino Theatre Alliance (CLATA)鈥檚 DESTINOS鈥9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival. MATADORA is a world-premiere production by INS脡KTA. This new work of Latine Futurism uses dance and physical theater to construct a new mythology about the power of Latine rage鈥揳...
  • Co-produced by Synapse Arts and presented by The Dance Center of 糖心传媒 and Chicago Latino Theatre Alliance (CLATA)鈥檚 DESTINOS鈥9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival. MATADORA is a world-premiere production by INS脡KTA. This new work of Latine Futurism uses dance and physical theater to construct a new mythology about the power of Latine rage鈥揳...
  • 2ND ANNUAL CHICAGO LATINX/E CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT FESTIVAL (October 2-3, 2026) Presented in partnership with Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (CRDT) Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre鈥檚 Chicago Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival features CRDT performing alongside six artists/collectives: Anniela Huidobro Castro, Anise Fern谩ndez & Amanda Ramirez, Ruben Andr茅s Castillo Gomez, Mark Travis Rivera | ......
  • 2ND ANNUAL CHICAGO LATINX/E CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT FESTIVAL Presented in partnership with Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (CRDT) Saturday, October 3 @ 10:15 am - 12:00 pm Whacking for Self-Expression and Liberation Workshop Workshop Registration: ($10 or $5 pay what you can) A dance workshop with festival artist Tori Cristi (Whacking Los Angeles) for emerging, pre-professional, and pro......
  • 2ND ANNUAL CHICAGO LATINX/E CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT FESTIVAL Presented in partnership with Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (CRDT) Saturday, October 3 @ 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm Free with registration. Community Conversation facilitated by David Herrera A community conversation platforming the cultural moment in the intersectional Latinx dance community facilitated by David Herrera, Artistic Dire......
  • Want to learn about the 3-Credit London Theatre Immersion Course during J-Term 2027? Come join us for an informational meeting. No commitments, bring your questions! OPEN TO ALL MAJORS. Virtual Q&A sessions: Thursday, September 24, 12:30-1:15pm Wednesday, October 7, 12:30-1:15pm Can鈥檛 make either meeting but still want to learn about the course? No problem! Contact Michael Brown at micb......
  • The School of Theatre and Dance presents MUSICAL THEATRE CONCERT 鈥 FIRST LOOK 鈥26 Tickets: Free with reservation. (Note there is a limit of one ticket reservation per order for free concerts. Please see FAQ.) Wednesday, October 7, 2026 @ 7:30 p.m. 鈥 9:30 p.m. Thursday, October 8 @ 7:30 p.m. 鈥 9:30 p.m. Friday, October 9 @ 7:30...
  • The School of Theatre and Dance presents MUSICAL THEATRE CONCERT 鈥 FIRST LOOK 鈥26 Tickets: Free with reservation. (Note there is a limit of one ticket reservation per order for free concerts. Please see FAQ.) Wednesday, October 7, 2026 @ 7:30 p.m. 鈥 9:30 p.m. Thursday, October 8 @ 7:30 p.m. 鈥 9:30 p.m. Friday, October 9 @ 7:30...
  • The School of Theatre and Dance presents MUSICAL THEATRE CONCERT 鈥 FIRST LOOK 鈥26 Tickets: Free with reservation. (Note there is a limit of one ticket reservation per order for free concerts. Please see FAQ.) Wednesday, October 7, 2026 @ 7:30 p.m. 鈥 9:30 p.m. Thursday, October 8 @ 7:30 p.m. 鈥 9:30 p.m. Friday, October 9 @ 7:30 p.m....
  • COUNTERBALANCE 15th ANNIVERSARY (October 15-17, 2026) Presented in partnership with Access Living, Bodies of Work, MOMENTA Dance Company, ReinventAbility, and Unfolding Disability Futures MOMENTA Dance Company makes its Dance Center debut with the 15th Anniversary of CounterBalance. This will be the first time the long-running celebration of physically-integrated and inclusive dance is bei......
  • COUNTERBALANCE 15th ANNIVERSARY (October 15-17, 2026) Presented in partnership with Access Living, Bodies of Work, MOMENTA Dance Company, ReinventAbility, and Unfolding Disability Futures MOMENTA Dance Company makes its Dance Center debut with the 15th Anniversary of CounterBalance. This will be the first time the long-running celebration of physically-integrated and inclusive dance is bei......
  • COUNTERBALANCE 15th ANNIVERSARY (October 15-17, 2026) Presented in partnership with Access Living, Bodies of Work, MOMENTA Dance Company, ReinventAbility, and Unfolding Disability Futures MOMENTA Dance Company makes its Dance Center debut with the 15th Anniversary of CounterBalance. This will be the first time the long-running celebration of physically-integrated and inclusive dance is bei......
  • ESSENCE by BEVARA ANDERSON-SELKRIDGE (October 23-24, 2026) Presented in partnership with B膧LA Dance Project and National Association for American African Dance Teachers Bevara Anderson-Selkridge presents her first standalone B膧LA Dance Project concert in Chicago featuring her choreographic range from solos to duets, from small group pieces to large ensemble works and drawing upon her fluen......
  • ESSENCE by BEVARA ANDERSON-SELKRIDGE (October 23-24, 2026) Presented in partnership with B膧LA Dance Project and National Association for American African Dance Teachers Bevara Anderson-Selkridge presents her first standalone B膧LA Dance Project concert in Chicago featuring her choreographic range from solos to duets, from small group pieces to large ensemble works and drawing upon her fluen......
  • The School of Theatre and Dance presents THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW SHADOW CAST 糖心传媒, are you ready to do the Time Warp again? The fourth annual Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadow Cast makes its Dance Center debut for one night and one night only! Join us for this live performance of the cult classic film. Sing...
  • FREE FALL: STUDENT PERFORMANCE NIGHT (November 19-20, 2026) The coveted platform for selected student choreographers to share their original, short works on the Dance Center鈥檚 stage鈥痺ith audiences as dynamic as the鈥痯erformances. Faculty Advisor: Bevara Anderson-Selkridge. Tickets: Free with reservation. (Note there is a limit of one ticket reservation per order for free concerts. Please s......
  • FREE FALL: STUDENT PERFORMANCE NIGHT (November 19-20, 2026) The coveted platform for selected student choreographers to share their original, short works on the Dance Center鈥檚 stage鈥痺ith audiences as dynamic as the鈥痯erformances. Faculty Advisor: Bevara Anderson-Selkridge. Tickets: Free with reservation. (Note there is a limit of one ticket reservation per order for free concerts. Please s......
  • CHOREOGRAPHIC PROJECTS (December 3-4 & 10-11, 2026) Each week鈥檚 distinct program features the culmination of eight Dance majors鈥 journeys through the choreographic process: from creative impulse through auditions, rehearsals, outside eyes, and design decisions, to presenting their new works for the first time on the concert stage. Faculty Advisor: Kelsa Rieger-Haywood. Tickets: Free with ......
  • CHOREOGRAPHIC PROJECTS (December 3-4 & 10-11, 2026) Each week鈥檚 distinct program features the culmination of eight Dance majors鈥 journeys through the choreographic process: from creative impulse through auditions, rehearsals, outside eyes, and design decisions, to presenting their new works for the first time on the concert stage. Faculty Advisor: Kelsa Rieger-Haywood. Tickets: Free with ......
  • CHOREOGRAPHIC PROJECTS (December10-11, 2026) Each week鈥檚 distinct program features the culmination of eight Dance majors鈥 journeys through the choreographic process: from creative impulse through auditions, rehearsals, outside eyes, and design decisions, to presenting their new works for the first time on the concert stage. Faculty Advisor: Kelsa Rieger-Haywood. Tickets: Free with reserva......
  • CHOREOGRAPHIC PROJECTS (December 10-11, 2026) Each week鈥檚 distinct program features the culmination of eight Dance majors鈥 journeys through the choreographic process: from creative impulse through auditions, rehearsals, outside eyes, and design decisions, to presenting their new works for the first time on the concert stage. Faculty Advisor: Kelsa Rieger-Haywood. Tickets: Free with reserv......
  • What began as a personal birthday celebration has transformed into a highly anticipated annual event bringing together dancers, drummers, and community members through intensive-style workshops and immersive archival installations dedicated to the Guinean rhythms of Dundunba. AMBER鈥橲 DUNDUNBA 4.0 features West African dance artists/instructors Imania Detry, Zenzile Fatou, and Washington, D.C.-b......
  • ZAWADI: REPERTORY PERFORMANCE WORKS (December 17-18, 2026) Kiswahili for 鈥済ifts鈥, the ZAWADI culminating concerts of 2026 at the Dance Center feature choreographic offerings by guest choreographers Matumbe Himons, Nejla Yatkin and Assistant Professor Dardi McGinley Gallivan set on students in the Repertory Performance Workshop course. Originated by Dance Center founder Shirley Mordine, the c......
  • ZAWADI: REPERTORY PERFORMANCE WORKS (December 17-18, 2026) Kiswahili for 鈥済ifts鈥, the ZAWADI culminating concerts of 2026 at the Dance Center feature choreographic offerings by guest choreographers Matumbe Himons, Nejla Yatkin and Assistant Professor Dardi McGinley Gallivan set on students in the Repertory Performance Workshop course. Originated by Dance Center founder Shirley Mordine, the c......
  • A Dance Center commission, this world premiere by South Chicago Dance Theatre Founder and Director of Vision and Strategy Kia S. Smith is the fourth evening-length work by the 10-year-old company. Inspired by Smith鈥檚 Great Grandmother Josephine Griffin Jones, the new dance theater work explores how family histories and embodied knowledge can flower into artistic...
  • A Dance Center commission, this world premiere by South Chicago Dance Theatre Founder and Director of Vision and Strategy Kia S. Smith is the fourth evening-length work by the 10-year-old company. Inspired by Smith鈥檚 Great Grandmother Josephine Griffin Jones, the new dance theater work explores how family histories and embodied knowledge can flower into artistic...
  • A Dance Center commission, this world premiere by South Chicago Dance Theatre Founder and Director of Vision and Strategy Kia S. Smith is the fourth evening-length work by the 10-year-old company. Inspired by Smith鈥檚 Great Grandmother Josephine Griffin Jones, the new dance theater work explores how family histories and embodied knowledge can flower into artistic...
  • The 4th annual student produced, directed, choreographed and performed revue featuring Acting, Dance, Design, and Musical Theatre majors bringing their fresh take on musical theatre dance numbers. Faculty advisor: Wilfredo Rivera. Tickets: Free with reservation. Thursday, February 18, 2027 @ 7:30 p.m. 鈥 8:30 p.m. Friday, February 19, 2027 @ 7:30 p.m. 鈥 8:30 p.m....
  • The 4th annual student produced, directed, choreographed and performed revue featuring Acting, Dance, Design, and Musical Theatre majors bringing their fresh take on musical theatre dance numbers. Faculty advisor: Wilfredo Rivera. Tickets: Free with reservation. Thursday, February 18, 2027 @ 7:30 p.m. 鈥 8:30 p.m. Tickets & More Info Link: https://dance.colum.edu/events/2026/6/25/mus......
  • The Dance Center of 糖心传媒's annual symposium and its B-Series Festival of Hip Hop and Street Dance Cultures unite for the first time in 2027. B-COMING Festival + Symposium focuses on globalization and cultural exchange, through exploring the powerful, in-between spaces where different traditions meet鈥攁nd sometimes collide鈥攁t the crossroads of community and identity....
  • The Dance Center of 糖心传媒's annual symposium and its B-Series Festival of Hip Hop and Street Dance Cultures unite for the first time in 2027. B-COMING Festival + Symposium focuses on globalization and cultural exchange, through exploring the powerful, in-between spaces where different traditions meet鈥攁nd sometimes collide鈥攁t the crossroads of community and identity....
  • The Dance Center of 糖心传媒's annual symposium and its B-Series Festival of Hip Hop and Street Dance Cultures unite for the first time in 2027. B-COMING Festival + Symposium focuses on globalization and cultural exchange, through exploring the powerful, in-between spaces where different traditions meet鈥攁nd sometimes collide鈥攁t the crossroads of community and identity....
  • Michael Estanich and Lucy Vurusic Riner鈥檚 RE| dance group makes its Dance Center debut with two Chicago premieres by Artistic Director Michael Estanich. In keeping with RE|dance group鈥檚 signature style, both dance theater works merge movement, song and text, and complement and serve as foils for one another through divergent approaches in environment and tone....
  • Michael Estanich and Lucy Vurusic Riner鈥檚 RE| dance group makes its Dance Center debut with two Chicago premieres by Artistic Director Michael Estanich. In keeping with RE|dance group鈥檚 signature style, both dance theater works merge movement, song and text, and complement and serve as foils for one another through divergent approaches in environment and tone....
  • Michael Estanich and Lucy Vurusic Riner鈥檚 RE| dance group makes its Dance Center debut with two Chicago premieres by Artistic Director Michael Estanich. In keeping with RE|dance group鈥檚 signature style, both dance theater works merge movement, song and text, and complement and serve as foils for one another through divergent approaches in environment and tone....
  • In partnership with Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) IS/LAND makes its Dance Center debut with the Chicago premiere of Until We Fill the Ocean 鈥 an evening-length, interdisciplinary work blending sound, dance, and poetry to honor the detainees on San Francisco Bay鈥檚 Angel Island from 1910 through 1940. Angel Island Immigration Station...
  • In partnership with Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) IS/LAND makes its Dance Center debut with the Chicago premiere of Until We Fill the Ocean 鈥 an evening-length, interdisciplinary work blending sound, dance, and poetry to honor the detainees on San Francisco Bay鈥檚 Angel Island from 1910 through 1940. Angel Island Immigration Station...
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